Earl Norfleet Phillips (born May 5, 1940) is an American diplomat who was Ambassador of the United States to

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate) ...

, Dominica, Grenada,

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, Antigua, St. Vincent, and

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from 2002 to 2003, under

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Biography

Earl Norfleet Phillips Jr. was born in

High Point, North Carolina High Point is a city in the Piedmont Triad region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Most of the city is in Guilford County, with parts extending into Randolph, Davidson, and Forsyth counties. High Point is North Carolina's only city that ...

on May 5, 1940.Earl Norfleet Phillips (1940–)
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

, and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. In 1972, he co-founded First Factors Corporation, a financial services business. He was also a partner in a real estate development company. From 1988 to 1998, he served on the board of

Wachovia Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo and Company in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States, based on total asset ...

. From 1984 to 1992, he served on the North Carolina Economic Development Board. From 1990 to 1992, he served on the National Advisory Council of the

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From 1999 to 2000, he served as Chairman of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry. He was also Co-Chair of North Carolinians for Educational Opportunity 2000. From 2002 to 2003, he served as Ambassador of the United States to

, Dominica,

, Antigua, St. Vincent, and

. Phillips was a trustee at the UNC at Chapel Hill and at the Asian Institute of Technology in

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. He has received the Global Leadership Award from Kenan-Flagler Business School. He is a member of the

Council of American Ambassadors The Council of American Ambassadors (CAA) is an association of non-career United States ambassadors. A nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, the CAA comprises over 200 members whose ambassadorial service collectively extends over five decades ...

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